高二10月09日英语月考.doc

镇江市国际学校高二年级英语阶段性测试
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2012-10-09
第一卷 （共85分）
第一部分:听力(共两节, 满分20分)
第一节 (共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
　A. In a park. B. In a zoo. C. In a pet store.
2. What does the woman mean?
　A. Things here are very cheap. B. Things here are not cheap.
　C. She doesn’t know whether things here are cheap or not.
3. Where are the two speakers going to plant the tree?
　A. By the front door. B. At the back of the garage. C. At the end of the garden.
4. Where does the conversation take place?
　A. In a shop. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant.
5. What do we learn from the conversation?
　A. The man went to New Zealand during Christmas.
　B. The man visited New Zealand during the summer holiday.
　C. The man’s parents live in New Zealand.
第二节听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟：听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Who is the woman speaking to?
　A. Her husband. B. A policeman. C. A fire-fighter.
7. What’s the woman asking for?
　A. Advice on safety. B. Money. C. Help.
8. What has happened to the woman’s house?
　A. It’s been burnt down. B. It’s been broken into. C. It’s been damaged.
请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What does the woman want to know?
　A. The best way to go to New York. B. The quickest way to go to New York.
　C. The cheapest way to go to New York.
10. How much does it cost the woman to go to New York by bus?
A. $5. B. $15. C. $50.
11. What do we know from the conversation?
A. The woman will go to New York by bus.
B It will take the woman five hours to go to New York by bus.
C. The woman won’t go to New York by bus.
请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. When will the ballet performances be on?
A. This week. B. Next week. C. Next month.
13. When will the man attend the performance?
A. On Sunday evening. B. On Thursday evening. C. On Friday evening.
14. How much does the man pay for the tickets?
A. $20. B. $10. C. $40.
请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Good friends. B. Strangers. C. Classmates.
16. What can we know about the woman from the conversation?
A. She won a cup in last week’s tennis competition. B. She is a science expert.
C. She works at St Jude’s Training College.
17. How long has the man been in the science department?
A. Half a year. B. More than a year. C. Two years.
请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How often do people in the Historical Society meet?
A. Every week. B. Every other week. C. Every three weeks.
19. What is the main purpose of the Historical Society?
A. To find out what they can learn from history. B. To study the people in history
C. To learn about what happened in the past.
20. What does the Historical Society plan to do this year?
A. Study the history of the town. B. Visit historic houses in the college. C. Visit more historic places.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C及D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Everyone queued up before the booking office in silence, having nothing to do but _________.
A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. waited
22. ____________ with the efforts that the students made, all the teachers nodded and smiled.
A. Satisfying B. Having satisfied C. Satisfied D. To be satisfied
23. It is you rather than he that______ for this terrible accident.
A. is blamed B. is to blame C. are to blame D. should blame
24. _________ around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird Nest for the 2008 Olympic Games.
A. Having shown B. To be shown C. Having been shown D. To show
25. My friend Mary is _____beautiful girl, _____girl everyone likes to work with.
A. a, a B. a, the C. the, a D. the, the
26. In Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history, ________ the first athlete ________ the most gold medals ever.
A. became; to win B. becoming; to win C. becoming; winning D. to become; to win
27. I am so busy with my homework that I have to say to my mother: “Mum, I cannot help _____.”
A. do some housework B. doing some housework C. to do some housework D.A or C
28. It ________ last night for the ground is wet.
A. must have rained B. must rain C. might rain D. should have rained
29. When ____ they usually hesitate.
A. asking B. asked C. to ask D. being asked
30. It’s no good _ problems with a man like that.
A. to discuss B. discussed C. discussing D. to be discussed
31. She ________the key.
A. admitted taking B. admitted to take C. admitted having taken D. admitted to have taken
32. I have no doubt ______ he will overcome all his difficulties.
A. whether B. that C. if D. as to
33. The population of China is______ than that of America.
A. larger fives times B. five times larger C. five times as D. as five times.
34. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried alone, but she didn’t like it and moved back home.
A. living B. to live C. to be living D. having lived
35. In some parts of London, missing a bus means for another hour.
A. waiting 　　　　 B. to wait 　　　 C. wait 　　　　　 D. to be waiting
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 36 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 37
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 38 for years—often from 39 childhood. These stories may have no 40 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 41 my development? I was never 42 to work on cars or be around 43 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 44 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 45 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 46 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 47 and told him about my 48 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 49 is it that you can solve 50 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 51 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 52 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 53 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 54 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 55 we choose.
36. A. away B. off C. up D. down
37. A. them B. myself C. yourself D. others
38. A. said B. spoken C. spread D. repeated
39. A. as long as B. as far back as C. as well as D. as much as
40. A. basis B. plot C. cause D. meaning
41. A. lead B. improve C. affect D. change
42. A. encouraged B. demanded C. hoped D. agreed
43. A. means B. tools C. facilities D. hammers
44. A. therefore B. somehow C. instead D. however
45. A. settled B. turned C. took D. got
46. A. passive B. active C. negative D. subjective
47 A. experiences B. trips C. roads D. paths
48. A. unexpected B. poor C. excellent D. average
49. A. When B. What C. How D. Why
50. A. complex B. advanced C. common D. primary
51. A. arise B. separate C. suffer D. come
52. A. believe B. suspect C. adopt D. receive
53. A. weakening B. strengthening C. abandoning D. accepting
54. A. As a result B. At the same time C. In addition D. On the contrary
55. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. all
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
I rushed into an ugly little shop to have my heels (鞋后跟) repaired. “Please hurry.” I begged.
The shoemaker looked at me over his glasses. “Now, lady, it won’t be long. I want to do a good job. You see, I have a tradition to live up to. My father was a shoemaker. He always told me, ‘Son, do the best job on every shoe that comes into the shop, and be proud of your fine work.’”
As he handed me the finished shoes, he said, “These will last a long time.”
I left the shop with a warm and grateful(感激的) feeling. This was the beginning of our friendship. Since then I went into his shop every few days to talk with him.
One day, I went in, disappointed and angry, because of a poor job some painters had done for me.
“They had no pride in their work.” I said. “They didn’t want to work. They just wanted to collect their money for doing nothing. What can be done about it?”
“There is only one way. Every man or woman who hasn’t a prideful tradition must start building one. No matter what kind of work a man does, if he gives it his best each day, he is starting a tradition for his children to live up to. And he is making lots of happiness for himself. ”
I went to Europe for a few months. When I returned, I learned that the old shoemaker suddenly had got sick two weeks before, right there in his shop. He had died a few days later. I went home with a heavy heart. I would miss him. He had left me something—an important piece of wisdom(至理名言).
I shall always remember: “If you have a prideful tradition, you must carry it on; if you have not, then start building one now.”
56. The old shoemaker thought to do his best in his work each day was to .
A. build a tradition for his children to be proud of B. start a tradition for himself to live up to
C. make plenty of happiness for himself D. make lots of happiness for others
57. According to the old shoemaker's opinion, if one didn't do a good job, he .
A. just wanted to collect others' money B. just wanted to do nothing
C. wasn’t proud of his work D. didn’t have a prideful tradition
58. The lady made friends with the old shoemaker because .
A. she had the heels of her shoes repaired by him B. he did a good job to the heels of her shoes
C. she went into the shop every few days to talk with him
D. he taught her an important piece of wisdom
59. The old shoemaker died .
A. a few months after the lady went to Europe B. a few days before the lady returned from Europe
C. two weeks before the lady returned from Europe D. a few days after the lady returned from Europe
B
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends—or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog.” That’s being friendly, “lucky dog”? There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve(值得)your luck.
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn’t important. It’s telling you to think of all the starving(挨饿的)people in the world when you haven’t got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture(姿态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people to you may save another mistake.
60. This passage is mainly about _____.
A. how to interpret what people say B. what to do when you listen to others talking
C. how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people
D. Why we go wrong with people sometimes
61. According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that ___ ___.
A. We fail to listen carefully when they talk
B. People tend to be annoyed when we check what they say
C. People usually state one thing but means another
D. We tend to doubt what our friends say
62. In the sentence “Maybe he doesn’t see it himself.” in Paragraph 2, the pronoun “it” refers to ____ .
A. being friendly B. lucky dog C. a bit of envy D. your luck
63. When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is to ___________.
A. notice the way the person is talking B. take a good look at the person talking
C. understand the real meaning of what he says D. mind his tone, his posture and so on
C
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes that the public will listen and understand ----he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visional artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain choice of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is very interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have notice these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the ar